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Current Number | 650 |
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Railway Represented | Washington Railway & Electric |
Builder | J.G. Brill Company |
Built In | 1912 |
Builder's order id | 19232 |
Currently in (State) | Maryland |
--(Locality) | Wheaton |
Totally out of svc date | 1945 |
(Initial retirement date) | 1944 |
Car Type | streetcar |
-subtype | center entrance semiconvertible |
-designation | |
Status | stored inoperable |
More info | http://dctrolley.org/WRECo650.htm |
Gauge | 4'8.5" |
Construction | wood |
Roof type | AR |
Ended | DE |
Length | 42'0" |
Width | 8'4" |
Height | 11'10" |
Weight | 34900 |
#Seats | 53 |
#Wheels/Conf. | 8 |
Total HP | 160 |
Trucks | Brill 27G1 |
Brakes | |
Compressor | CP-27 |
Control | K-35 |
Motors | WH 323A (4) |
Voltage (if not 600DC) |
Car 650 in storage at NCTM in 2012 Wikipedia photo: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WRECo_650_20120810.jpg |
Car 650 in storage at NCTM in 2018 Preserved Traction Blog photo: https://pnaerc.blogspot.com/2017/01/photo-gallery.html |
In September 1944 car 650 (by then 884) was retired and replaced by new PCC cars. Capital Transit then decided that the car should be preserved and donated it to the Electric Railroaders' Association, a fan group based in New York City. In April 1945 the car was moved to a Central Railroad New Jersey yard in South Bronx, where it was stored; unfortunately within months the car was heavily vandalized and it became obvious that long-term storage at the railroad yard would not be feasible. In May 1947 the car was acquired by the fledgling BERA, and later in the year it arrived at the museum's property. It was in worse shape than any other cars at BERA and after several years of indecision it was actually sold to a scrap dealer in 1952. It never left the property, however, and was bought back in 1954 by two members who later paid for it to be stored indoors. In 2000, a three-way trade was organized between BERA, NCTM and the Electric City Trolley Museum to trade 650 to the Maryland group in exchange for Red Arrow center-door interurban car 76, then owned by ECTM. In 2002, 650 was moved to NCTM's site in Wheaton, Maryland.
Owner | Car Num | From | To | Preservation? | Loan? |
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Washington Railway & Electric (District of Columbia, Washington) | 650 | 1912 | 1933 | NO | NO |
Capital Transit (District of Columbia, Washington) | 884 | 1933 | 1945 | NO | NO |
Electric Railroaders Association (New York, New York) | 884 | 1945 | 1947 | YES | NO |
Branford Electric Railway Association (Connecticut, East Haven) | 650 | 1947 | 2002 | YES | NO |
National Capital Trolley Museum (Maryland, Wheaton) | 650 | 2002 | present | YES | NO |